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September 1973 -
September 1986, ABC (see below)
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THE ALL-NEW SUPER FRIENDS
HOUR (1977 - 1978) |
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Aquaman
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Norman Alden
Plasticman
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Norman Alden
Superman
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Danny Dark
Batman
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Olan Soule
Robin
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Casey Kasem
Apache Chief
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Michael Rye
Green Lantern
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Michael Rye
Atom
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Wally Burr
El Dorado
.................................................................. Fernando
Escandon
Wonder Woman .............................................................
Shannon Farnon
Zan
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Michael Bell
Gleek
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Michael Bell
Jayna
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Louise Williams
Flash
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Ted Knight
Narrator
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Ted Knight
Narrator
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William Woodson
Voices
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Ted Cassidy
Voices
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Jane Jones
Voices
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Joyce Mancini
Voices
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Chuck McClennan
Voices
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Barney Phillips |
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CHALLENGE OF THE SUPER FRIENDS (1978
- 1979) |
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Superman
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Danny Dark
Batman
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Olan Soule
Robin
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Casey Kasem
Trouble Alert Computer
.................................................... Casey Kasem
Wonder Woman .............................................................
Shannon Farnon
Aquaman
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Bill Callaway
Jayna
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Liberty Williams
Zan
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Mike Bell
Gleek
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Mike Bell
Narrator
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William Woodson |
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(Challenge of the Super Friends episodes) |
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Flash
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Jack Angel
Hawkman
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Jack Angel
Samurai
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Jack Angel
Cheetah
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Marlene Aragon
Bizarro
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Michael Bell
Riddler
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Michael Bell
Aquaman
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Bill Callaway
Black Manta
............................................................................ Ted
Cassidy
Brainiac
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Ted Cassidy
Superman
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Danny Dark
Wonder Woman .............................................................
Shannon Farnon
Giganta
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Ruth Forman
Black Vulcan
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Buster Jones
Lex Luthor
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Stanley Jones
Robin
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Casey Kasem
Scarecrow
.............................................................................. Don
Messick
Sinestro
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Vic Perrin
Grodd
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Stanley Ross
Captain Cold
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Dick Ryal
Green Lantern
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Michael Rye
Apache Chief
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Michael Rye
Batman
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Olan Soule
Solomon Grundy
............................................................... Jimmy
Weldon
Toyman
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Frank Welker
Narrator (opening segment) ..................................................
Bob Lloyd
Narrator
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William Woodson
Voices
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Louise Williams
Voices
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Lewis Bailey
Voices
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Melanie Chartoff
Voices
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Henry Corden
Voices
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Al Fann
Voices
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Bob Hastings
Voices
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Bob Holt
Voices
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Renny Roker |
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THE
WORLD'S GREATEST SUPER FRIENDS (1979 -
1980) |
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Superman
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Danny Dark
Batman
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Olan Soule
Robin
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Casey Kasem
Trouble Alert Computer ....................................................
Casey Kasem
Aquaman
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Bill Callaway
Wonder Woman
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Shannon Farnon
Jayna
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Louise Williams
Zan
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Mike Bell
Gleek
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Mike Bell
Narrator
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Bill Woodson |
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THE
SUPER FRIENDS HOUR (1980 - 1982, 1983 -
1984) |
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Zan
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Mike Bell
Gleek
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Mike Bell
Aquaman
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Bill Callaway
Superman
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Danny Dark
Robin
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Casey Kasem
Trouble Alert Computer ....................................................
Casey Kasem
Batman
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Olan Soule
Wonder Woman .............................................................
Shannon Farnon
Jayna
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Louise Williams
Narrator
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Bill Woodson
Voices
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Jack Angel
Voices
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Marlene Aragon
Voices
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Wally Burr
Voices
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Fernando Escondon
Voices
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Pat Fraley
Voices
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Bob Holt
Voices
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Buster Jones
Voices
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Stanley Jones
Voices
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James Reynolds
Voices
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Stanley Ralph Ross
Voices
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Mike Rye
Voices
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Vernee Watson |
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SUPER FRIENDS: THE LEGENDARY SUPER POWERS SHOW |
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Superman
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Danny Dark
Batman
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Adam West
Robin
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Casey Kasem
Wonder Woman ................................................. Mary
McDonald Lewis
Aquaman
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Bill Callaway
Bizarro
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Bill Callaway
Black Vulcan
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Buster Jones
Apache Chief
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Michael Rye
Green Lantern
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Michael Rye
Atom
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Wally Burr
Samurai
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Jack Angel
Flash
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Jack Angel
Hawkman
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Jack Angel
Firestorm
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Mark Taylor
El Dorado
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Fernando Escandon
Darkseid
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Frank Welker
Kalibak
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Frank Welker
Mr. Mxyzptlk .......................................................................
Frank Welker
Desaad
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Rene Auberjonois
Brainiac
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Stanley Ralph Ross
Professor Martin Stein
......................................................... Olan Soule
Narrator
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William Woodson
Narrator (titles and teasers)
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D eep
in the corridors of the Hall of Justice resided some of DC
Comics' greatest superheroes: Superman, Aquaman, Batman &
Robin, and Wonder Woman. In the DC universe these
crimefighters were collectively known as the Justice League of
America. To children all across the land "tooned" in to
Saturday morning TV, they were known simply as the Super
Friends. The Super Friends kept Saturday mornings safe for a
whopping 13 seasons in various incarnations:
Super
Friends (1973 - 1974, ABC)
The All-New Super
Friends Hour (1977 - 1978, ABC)
Challenge of the
Super Friends (1978 - 1979, ABC)
The World's Greatest
Super Friends (1979 - 1980, ABC)
The
Super Friends Hour (1980 - 1982, 1983 - 1984, ABC)
Super Friends: The
Legendary Super Powers Show (1984 - 1985, ABC)
The Super
Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985 - 1986, ABC) |
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THE
ALL-NEW SUPER FRIENDS
HOUR In The
All-New Super Friends Hour the creators chose to do away
with Marvin, Wendy, and Wonder Dog, and replace them with
twins Zan and Jayna from the planet Exxor, and their
space-monkey Gleek. Better known as the Wonder Twins, the
siblings proved much more capable in a fight than their
junior predecessors. It was just as well, because the
moral lessons inherent in the first series had been
dispensed with, and the stories took on a more
straightforward, action-oriented tone.
The Wonder Twins had the
ability to telepathically communicate with one another and
used shapeshifting powers to fight crime. When they wanted
to change form they had to touch rings with one another
and declare, "Wonder Twin powers, activate!" Once
activated, Jayna would take the "shape of" some type of
animal, while Zan would assume the "form of" water in a
solid, liquid, or gaseous state.
So as not to lose touch with
the show's sense of moral responsibility altogether, each
episode featured a special public service cartoon warning
kids about the evils of cheating, smoking or drag racing
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CHALLENGE OF THE
SUPER FRIENDS The
Super Friends ran as an hour-long show during the 1978-79
season. In addition to the 16 episodes of Challenge of the
Super Friends, Hanna-Barbera animated 16 episodes of the
Super Friends featuring the established core group of
superheroes from the previous year. These episodes aired
during the first half-hour of the show, followed by an
episode of Challenge of the Super Friends. The episodes
that played in the first half of the show had no special
title assigned to them, and have therefore had the All-New
Super Friends Hour intro used for them in syndication.
Challenge of the Super
Friends dispensed with junior sidekicks altogether and
pitted an expanded cast of superheroes against the Legion
of Doom - a syndicate of supervillains bent on conquering
the universe. The rich cast of characters in Challenge of
the Super Friends provided a plethora of story arcs for
the adventures, and the stories themselves came closer to
portraying the spirit of the comic books than in previous
versions of the series.
On the side of good were
eleven heroes from the Justice League of America:
Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash,
Green Lantern, Hawkman, Black Vulcan, Apache Chief, and
Samurai.
Facing the do-gooders were
thirteen of the most sinister (according to the
introduction) villains of all time: Lex Luthor, Cheetah,
the Riddler, Captain Cold, Bizarro, Brainiac, Toyman, the
Scarecrow, Grodd the Super-Gorilla, Black Manta, Solomon
Grundy, Sinestro, and Giganta.
Standards and Practices
objected when it noted that the Legion always managed to
escape capture. As a result, in the last few episodes the
villains were occasionally captured at the end of the
story. The last episode of the series, "History of Doom"
was heavily objected to because it essentially showed the
Legion of Doom, while attempting to destroy the Super
Friends, destroying the world and themselves in the
process. When it was pointed out that "destroying the
world" was not an imitable act that a child could do, the
episode stood. So successful was Challenge of the Super
Friends that the show was expanded to 90-minutes in
mid-season. |
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THE
WORLD'S GREATEST
SUPER FRIENDS
Despite its popularity, the Legion of Doom was not carried
over into a second season. The World's Greatest Super
Friends continued with stories featuring the regular cast
of characters - Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin,
Aquaman, and the Wonder Twins.
Episodes became more
diverse, mixing occasional comic book villains with
storylines based on popular books and legends. The
superheroes' adventures took them into underground
kingdoms of dwarves, mushroom worlds populated by tar
creatures, transformed them into vampires, pitted
them against the super-enemies of an alternate dimension's
Hall of Evil, and even to a planet that the
fifth-dimensional imp, Mr. Mxyzptlk, had based on L. Frank
Baum's land of Oz. |
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THE
SUPER FRIENDS HOUR
The Super Friends Hour played
reruns from the previous six seasons, along with new
7-minute episodes of the Super Friends. This format was
continued until 1984, although for the 1982-83 season ABC
aired The Best of the Super Friends, which played only
reruns of the older half-hour episodes. The new 7-minute
shorts consisted of the same group of superheroes as in
previous seasons; namely, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman &
Robin, Aquaman, Zan, Jayna & Gleek. Occasional cameos were
made by Justice League members who appeared on Challenge
of the Super Friends. Brand new characters were also
introduced, such as Atom, El Dorado, Hawkgirl and Rima. |
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SUPER FRIENDS: THE
LEGENDARY SUPER
POWERS SHOW In
1984, as a tie-in with the Kenner Toys Super Powers line
of toys and comics based on DC Comics heroes,
Hanna-Barbera created Super Friends: The Legendary Super
Powers Show. This series returned to a half-hour format,
and introduced new member Firestorm, a nuclear-powered
character with the fused personality of two people in one
body. The team had their hands full fighting the evil
Darkseid, ruler of Apokolips and his minions, but were
assisted by regular cameos from a host of former Super
Friends. |
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SUPER POWERS TEAM:
GALACTIC GUARDIANS
The Super Friends moniker was
dropped altogether in 1985, when the title was changed
once again; this time to Super Powers Team: Galactic
Guardians. Storylines featured a more conventional,
consistent and authentic line-up for the Justice League of
America. An expanded team roster included, among others,
the Flash and Green Lantern, with a strong focus on
Firestorm and the Teen Titan's Cyborg. With a larger
regular cast there was apparently no room for perennial
members The Wonder Twins, who were nowhere to be seen. The
heroes faced off against established villains such as Lex
Luthor and the Scarecrow mingled with more recent
creations like Darkseid.
As fearsome as their
adversaries were, the Galactic Guardians' demise came with
the inundation of soft and cuddly cartoon creations such
as the
Smurfs, whose kindly ways had made superhero cartoons
obsolete by the mid-1980's. With Galactic Guardians,
Hanna-Barbera's 12-year run of the Super Friends series
ended in 1986. |
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The All-New Super Friends
Hour (1977 - 1978)
The Brain Machine
Joy Ride
Invasion Of The Earthors
Whirlpool
The Secret Four
Tiger On The Loose
Voyage Of The Mysterious Time
Creatures
The Antidote
Invasion Of The Hydronoids
Hitchhike
City In A Bottle
Space Emergency
Doctor Fright
Drag Race
The Day Of The Plant
Creatures
Fire
The Monster Of Dr. Droid
Vandals
Super Friends vs. Super
Friends
Energy Mass
The Enforcer
Shark
Planet Of The Neanderthals
Flood Of Diamonds
Forbidden Power
Pressure Point
The Lionmen
Day Of The Rats
The Invisible Menace
Initiation
The Coming Of The Arthropods
River Of Doom
Attack Of The Giant Squid
A Game Of Chicken
The Water Beast
Volcano
The Collector
Handicap
The Mind Maidens
Alaska Peril
The Fifty Foot Woman
Cheating
Exploration: Earth
Attack Of The Killer Bees
Man-Beasts Of Xra
Prejudice
The Tiny World Of Terror
Tibetan Raiders
Frozen Peril
Dangerous Prank
The Mummy Of Nazca
Cable Car Rescue
The Marsh Monster
Runaways
Will The World Collide?
Time Rescue
The Protector
Stowaways
The Ghost
Rampage
Challenge of the Super
Friends (1978 - 1979)
(Super Friends episodes)
The Demons Of Exxor
Rokan: Enemy From Space
Battle At The Earth's Core
Sinbad And The Space Pirates
The Pied Piper From Space
Attack Of The Vampire
The Beasts Are Coming
Terror From The Phantom Zone
The Anti-Matter Monster
World Beneath The Ice
Invasion Of The Brain
Creature
The Incredible Space Circus
Batman: Dead Or Alive
Battle Of The Gods
Journey Through Inner Space
The Rise And Fall of The
Super Friends
(Challenge of the Super
Friends episodes)
Wanted: The Super Friends
Invasion Of The Fearians
The World's Deadliest Game
The Time Trap
Trial Of The Super Friends
The Monolith Of Evil
Giants Of Doom
Secret Origins Of The Super
Friends
Revenge On Gorilla City
Swamp Of The Living Dead
Conquerors Of The Future
The Final Challenge
Fairy Tales Of Doom
Doomsday
Super Friends: Rest In Peace
History Of Doom
The World's Greatest Super
Friends (1979 - 1980)
Rub Three Times For Disaster
Lex Luthor Strikes Back
Space Knights Of Camelon
The Lord Of Middle Earth
Universe Of Evil
Terror At 20,000 Fathoms
The Super Friends Meet
Frankenstein
Planet Of Oz
The Super Friends Hour
(1980 - 1982, 1983 - 1984)
(1980 - 1981)
Bigfoot
Ice Demon
Makeup Monster
Journey Into Blackness
Cycle Gang
Dive To Disaster
Yuna The Terrible
Rock And Roll Space Bandits
Elevator To Nowhere
One Small Step For Mars
Haunted House
The Incredible Crude Oil
Monster
The Voodoo Vampire
Invasion Of The Gleeks
Mxyzptlk Strikes Again
The Man In The Moon
Circus Of Horrors
Around The World In 80
Riddles
Termites From Venus
Eruption
Return Of Atlantis
The Killer Machines
Garden Of Doom
Revenge Of Bizarro
(1981 - 1982)
Outlaws Of Orion
Three Wishes
Scorpio
Mxyzptlk's Flick
Sink Hole
Alien Mummy
Evil From Krypton
The Creature From The Dump
Aircraft Terror
Lava Men
Bazarowurld
The Warlord's Amulet
The Iron Cyclops
Palette's Perils
Colossuss
Stowaways From Space
The Scaraghosta Sea:
The Witch's Arcade
(1983 - 1984)
Mxyzptlk's Revenge
Roller Coaster
Once Upon A Poltergeist
Warpland
Two Gleeks Are Deadlier Than
One
Bulgor The Behemoth
The Krypton Syndrome
Invasion Of The Space Dolls
Terror On The Titanic
The Revenge Of Doom
A Pint Of Life
Day Of The Dinosaurs
Return Of The Phantoms
Bully For You
Superclones
Prisoners Of Sleep
An Unexpected Treasure
The Malusian Blob
Attack Of The Cats
One Small Step For Superman
Video Victims
Playground Of Doom
Space Racers
The Recruiter
Super Friends: The
Legendary Super Powers Show (1984 - 1985)
The Bride of Darkseid, Part 1
The Bride of Darkseid, Part 2
The Wrath of Braniac
Reflections in Crime
No Honor Among Super Thieves
Mr. Mxyzptlk and the Magic
Lamp
Case of the Shrinking Super
Friends
The Mask Of Mystery
Darkseid's Golden Trap, Part
1
Darkseid's Golden Trap, Part
2
The Case of the Dreadful
Dolls
The Royal Ruse
The Village of Lost Souls
Curator
Island of the Dinasoids
Uncle Mxyzptlk
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The
All-New Super Friends Hour (1977 - 1978) |
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Challenge
of the Super Friends (1978 - 1979) |
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The
World's Greatest Super Friends (1979 - 1980) |
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Super
Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984
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